• t�m@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    Squatting correctly, pumping enough gas to get to Moscow, holding up 3 for victory… I don’t think I could hold it in any longer (about to…) (Joking)

      • someguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        US. You can’t just pull in and expect diesel. You have to know where they are. I don’t pay that much attention but it’s probably, maybe 1/3 have diesel.

        *Wow y’all sensitive to someone’s personal experience.

        • kersploosh@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          1 month ago

          I’ll back you up. Diesel is widely available in rural and suburban America where big pickup trucks are common, and it’s less available in cities where smaller cars are more common. (Other than an occasional VW model we do not have small cars with diesel engines, which sucks.) I have been to cities on both coasts where you had to go out of your way to find stations selling diesel.

    • InFerNo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      1 month ago

      The mileage of diesel is much larger compared to gasoline, with the distances in the US, why is it not popular there?

      • someguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        From the little I know, the US considers it more polluting because of whatever unique emission profile. Europe thinks the better mileage more than negates that and in fact makes it better. After VW dieselgate, I think the US’s view is considered correct. Not sure where it stands now with diesel exhaust fluid.

        Also iirc from what I’m told, Diesel had a bad reputation after poor engines in the 60s, 70s or so. So on a personal level it wasn’t popular in the 80s, 90s, etc. Car makers responded and didn’t use them in cars - now it’s pretty much only VW for diesel cars. Engines are better now but the trend carried even if the reason is forgotten. Big rigs and big ass trucks to haul RVs require it. You pretty much only see them when you require the torque.